Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 13:52:34 -0500
To: darwin@atheists.net
Subject: about god

wow, you are truly an atheist.  i couldn't possibly even ever hope to argue with you against your views but i know a read a really good book that answers a lot of your skepticism.  i would be doing the book injustice if i were to take bits and pieces of it to argue against you with some of its points so i recommend that you read it yourself. it is called More than a Carpenter and its by josh mcdowell (spelling may be wrong).  well i`ll pray for you bud and its so sad to read what you think because i think my friend that you have missed the whole idea of christianity and Christ.  the point is (and i`m sure that you`ve heard this one a million times) is that God created us to be holy just like He is, but we fuçked up and the only thing that could bring us back to the Father was to obey the law and all of its components.  but this of course is imposible because we already are born with the sin nature.  that's why Jesus, the Son of God, came.  He lived the perfect life, obeyed the whole law and then paid our penalty for breaking the law: death.  when He died on the cross and took all of our sins and paid our death penalty (and rose from the grave), He gave us the chance to accept His gift of salvation just by believing.  i guess you have chosen not to accept His grace and when you die (we all die by the way) you will be receiving what we all deserve: separation of God and His presence or hell.
so good luck, and i hope you figure things out.